Operation Uranus Soviet order of battle explained
The Soviet order of battle for Operation Uranus details the combat units of the Soviet forces that fought in Operation Uranus, the Soviet strategic counteroffensive that led to the encirclement of the German troops in Stalingrad. The order of battle lists units present on 19 November 1942, the day the operation began, from north to south.
High command
Stavka representatives
Voronezh Front
The Voronezh Front was commanded by Colonel General Filipp Golikov and included four field armies. Its massed armor component was the 25th Tank Corps. Air support was provided by the single division and regiment from 2nd Air Army that were kept under front control during the operation while the rest of the air army was placed under Southwestern Front control.
Southwestern Front
The Southwestern Front, commanded by Colonel General Nikolai Vatutin, included two field armies. Its armored striking force was the 5th Tank Army. Air support for the front was provided by the entire 17th Air Army and the majority of the 2nd Air Army.
- 1st Guards Army (Lieutenant General Dmitry Lelyushenko)
- 5th Tank Army (Major General Prokofy Romanenko)
- 21st Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Chistyakov)
- 63rd Rifle Division
- 277th Rifle Division
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- 45th Tank Brigade
- 69th Tank Brigade
- 102nd Tank Brigade
- 4th Motor Rifle Brigade
- 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps (Major General Issa Pliyev)
- 5th Guards Cavalry Division
- 6th Guards Cavalry Division
- 32nd Cavalry Division
- 5th Separate Destroyer Brigade
- 1st, 21st, 60th and 99th Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalions
- 1st, 2nd, and 4th Guards Separate Tank Regiments
- 17th Air Army (Major General of Aviation Stepan Krasovsky)
- 1st Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of Aviation Vladimir Shevchenko)
- 267th Assault Aviation Division
- 288th Fighter Aviation Division
- 221st Bomber Aviation Division
- 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division
- 282nd Fighter Aviation Division
- 208th Assault Aviation Regiment
- 637th Assault Aviation Regiment
- 10th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
- 331st Separate Bomber Aviation Squadron
- 2nd Air Army (Major General of Aviation Konstantin Smirnov)[2]
- 205th Fighter Aviation Division
- 207th Fighter Aviation Division
- 208th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
- 227th Assault Aviation Division
- 50th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 324th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
Don Front
Colonel General Konstantin Rokossovsky's Don Front included the following units:
- 24th Army (Lieutenant General Ivan Galanin)
- 65th Army (Lieutenant General Pavel Batov)
- 66th Army (Lieutenant General Aleksey Zhadov)
- 16th Air Army (Major General of Aviation Sergey Rudenko)
- 220th Fighter Aviation Division
- 283rd Fighter Aviation Division
- 228th Assault Aviation Division
- 291st Assault Aviation Division
- 271st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
- 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment
- 325th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
- 159th Fortified Region
- 65th, 66th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, and 102nd Separate Anti-Tank Rifle Battalions
- 64th Tank Brigade
- 148th Tank Brigade
- 39th, 40th and 377th Antiaircraft Armored Train Battalions
Stalingrad Front
The Stalingrad Front, under the command of Colonel General Andrey Yeryomenko, assisted by Political Officer Nikita Khrushchev, included the following units:
- 62nd Army (Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov)
- 64th Army (Lieutenant General Mikhail Shumilov)
- 51st Army (Major General Nikolay Trufanov)
- 57th Army (Lieutenant General Fyodor Tolbukhin)
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- 143rd Rifle Brigade
- 45th, 172nd, 177th Separate Machine Gun Artillery Battalions from the 76th Fortified Region
- 13th Tank Corps (Major General of Tank Forces Trofim Tanaschishin)
- 17th Mechanized Brigade
- 61st Mechanized Brigade
- 62nd Mechanized Brigade
- 90th Tank Brigade
- 235th Tank Brigade
- 156th Separate Motorcycle Battalion
- 28th Army (Lieutenant General Vasily Gerasimenko)
- 34th Guards Rifle Division
- 248th Rifle Division
- 52nd Rifle Brigade
- 152nd Rifle Brigade
- 159th Rifle Brigade
- 6th Guards Tank Brigade
- 565th Separate Tank Battalion
- 35th Separate Armored Car Battalion
- 30th, 33rd and 46th Separate Armored Train Battalions
- 8th Air Army (Major General of Aviation Timofey Khryukin)
- 2nd Mixed Aviation Corps (Major General of Aviation Ivan Yeryomenko)
- 201st Fighter Aviation Division
- 235th Fighter Aviation Division
- 214th Assault Aviation Division
- 206th Assault Aviation Division
- 226th Mixed Aviation Division
- 289th Mixed Aviation Division
- 270th Bomber Aviation Division
- 272nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division
- 268th Fighter Aviation Division
- 287th Fighter Aviation Division
- 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 23rd, 282nd, 633rd, 655th and 932nd Mixed Aviation Regiments
- 678th Transport Aviation Regiment
- 31st and 32nd Corrective Aviation Squadrons
- 459th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
- Stalingrad Air Defense Corps Region (Colonel Yefim Raynin)
- 73rd Guards and 748th, 1077th, 1079th, 1080th, 1082nd, and 1083rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
- 82nd, 106th, 188th, and 267th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalions
- 72nd, 122nd, 126th, 132nd, 137th, 141st, 142nd and 181st Separate Armored Trains (Anti-Aircraft)
- 102nd PVO Fighter Aviation Division
- Volga Military Flotilla (Vice Admiral D. D. Rogachev)
- 1st and 2nd Brigades of River Ships
- Separate Armored Trawlers
- Front forces
- 300th Rifle Division
- 77th Fortified Region
- 115th Fortified Region
- 156th Fortified Region
- 85th Tank Brigade
- 35th and 166th Separate Tank Regiments
Bibliography
- Book: Beevor, Antony. Stalingrad. 1998. Viking, London. 978-0-14-103240-5.
- Book: Glantz, David M. . Companion to Endgame at Stalingrad . University Press of Kansas . 2014 . 9780700619566.
Notes and References
- Beevor (1998)
- http://www.soldat.ru/force/sssr/rkka/vvs/06_komva.html Командующие воздушными армиями ВВС РККА в период 1942–1945 гг.
